A pensioner has been rescued after spending six days trapped in her bath thanks only her postman who grew worried when she did not answer the door.

The woman, named Huguette, who lives by herself in the southern French town of Saint-Antoine-de Breuilh in Dordogne, was about to use the toilet when she slipped and fell in her bathtub, according to The Local.

When the woman, who is understood to be in her eighties, found herself unable to extract herself from the tub alone, she reached for her emergency alarm that she had left on the basin.

Trapped: The woman, named Huguette, was about to use the toilet when she slipped and fell in her bathtub (stock image)

But she could not reach the device leaving her stuck in the bath with no way of getting out.

As the days passed, nobody came to her rescue and she was forced to drink water from the tap to survive.

Postal worker Silvette Villaud delivered her mail after three days, she noticed something strange about the house.